The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-27


into their service on the road. He has
therefore surrendered to the Messrs. Cross
- DR.. G. c. Ellis and wife find them
selves very pleasantly situated in their
new home in Somerville, Mass. They are
in cordial community, and calls pro-
fessional as well as social are already maxi
ing = Mrs. A. NJ. Hubbard continues
wrestling with the demon rheumatism
but for which her health would be fine
Her brother and an old townsman, Dr.
Dana Dickinson of Boston, has been ailing
for few years past with what is feared
will prove softening of the brain. 80
Mrs. DIR. G. w. McClearn, as usual finds
her health improving at her old home in
Northfeld. - A recent issue of the Re-
we're (Mass.) journal gives an account of
the celebration, on the 18th instant, in
Beachmont of the eightieth birthday of
Mr.. Jacob Smith, a son-in-law of the late
Joel Bass, Esq, of this place. Mr. Smith
lived farmers life for forty years in Brook
field, VT, and went from there to Mont
pelier, where he lived many years. Half a
hundred people, old and young, comfort
ably filed his parlors on this his eightieth
birthday. Music, refreshments and friendly
greetings made the occasion most pleas
ant one. In behalf of the friends Rev. Mr.
Wood rector of the Episcopal church in
Beachmont, presented Mr.. Smith with a
copy of Mrs. Jerome's exquisitely Illus
trated Natures Halleluiah," Mr.. Smith
responding for himself. - Landlord
Charles Peters reports plentiful approaches
for the purchase of his hotel these days
He tells of a bona .fde offer of an advance
of over forty per cent upon the cost of the
hotel and livery, but which he did not ac-
cept. 80 Ophir S. Martin has rented his
Joel II. Shepherd farm to Alpheus Hood of
Chelsea. - The house of Mrs. Aaron
Kinsman took fire from defective chin
ney last week and was quite badly burned
before the fire could be put out. She is to sell
off her property at auction this week. -
Rev. Carlos l.. Adams has located in
West Branch, new town on the peninsula
in Michigan. - George Adams proposes
to open a drugstore for himself in the near
future. We are not appraised of the location,
if indeed it has been fixed upon. He de-
serves success. - There was an excel
lent run of sap in town last week, but the
prospect does not look encouraging for a
large product of sugar this season. - A
lady teacher, well-known hereabouts but
who is now teaching in the West, writes
that her net earnings there are forty per
cent more than they were here, and she does
not have to work nearly as hard either.
She has primary department (of town
schooD containing forty-seven pupils be-
tween the ages of five and twelve. -
Wesley M. Seaver was taken quite severely
sick last week, but is better. - Walk
ing the other evening with lad whose
years are hardly more in number than his
fingers and thumbs, he told us what his first
impressions of the stars were. Having
heard that they were worlds he thought
their shining was owing to street-lamps with
which he supposed the said worlds were
supplied. - Rev. H. X. Grain is desired
to serve the Free Baptist church another
year. The good man was remembered by
his congregation earlier in a donation of
from $50 to S25, we believe - Rev. and
Mrs. r. d. Miller will go this week to Gill
Mass, with the body of their daughter
Florence for burial. - Mrs. John Ad-
ans, with her daughters, Mary and Emma
will remain in California through the sum.
mer. The daughters are getting $50 each
per month as teachers paying for board out
of it little, if anything more than the usual
price say in Barre = On account OF
the absence of Rev. r.. ID. Miller there
will be no service at the Congregational
church next Sabbath. - The widow OF
our late townsman, Mr.. David Burnham
recently died in Surry, n. H., at an adj
vanced age. - Charles c. Barnes is al
work canvassing just now in Franklin
n. H. - Mrs. Lewis Flint, who has been
sick for few weeks, we hear is very feeble
- Rev. Harvey Webster has just in
ished three years of service with the Meth
odist church, in which time, we Judge, he has
grown in the esteem of his people. -
Mrs Elijah Edison has just sold few rods
over half an acre from her Deacon Ware
place for 800. The purchaser is ex
townsman Nash Simons, superintendent o.
manufacturing establishment in Wilton
n. II. 1t is thought he bought it for specu
lation. - Charles Peters has hired Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Davenport to work in his
hotel. - Messrs. Ed. House and Arthur
Davenport have returned from Post Mills
where they have been working for some
months past. - Miss Eta Martin will
! teach in the Jacob Flint district the coming
summer. - There will be an examina
ton of teachers at the village school-houst
on Saturday next. - Ed. Smith will
ship carload of potatoes this week from
Barre. He is paying forty-ive cents {
| buShel at Williamstown and fifty cents &
| bushel at Barre. There seems to bt
quite scarcity of school-teachers in town
Several districts, including the village dis
trict, have been unable as yet to fine
! teachers.